Information Scotland The Journal of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals in Scotland ISSN 1743-5471 | Journal contents | About the online edition of the journal August 2005 Volume 3 (4)

Issue contents

• Getting it right
  Alastair Johnston is in campaigning mood.
  
• Successful outcomes
  One of the most ambitious achievements of the People’s Network was the ICT training for staff. Now there are two new ICT qualifications to aim for. Rhona Arthur explains.
  
• Joined up working
  Strongly branded Careers Information Points have been established in public libraries throughout Scotland, writes Jane Campbell.
  
• Aiming higher
  Jill Evans looks at lifelong learning opportunities offered by some SCURL member institutions.
  
• Free and at their fingertips
  Hazel Lauder updates us on the provision of free access to information and news online resources via public libraries.
  
• Saving for the nation
  Stewardship of digital assets should be the responsibility of everyone reading this journal. The recently launched Digital Curation Centre, Scottish-based but with a UK remit of research, advice and support, was established to help cope with the challenges. Chris Rusbridge and Andrew McHugh introduce the centre’s aims.
  
• William Andrew Greig Alison (1916-2005)
  Author: Andrew Miller
  An obituary of Bill Alison......
  
• Geo S. Neil Mochrie
  Author: Dorothy Mochrie
  An obituary of Neil Mochrie....
  
• Deadlines and bylines
  Brian Osborne finds that the death of the book is wildly exaggerated.

Information Scotland Vol. 3 (4) August 2005

Information Scotland is delivered online by the SAPIENS electronic publishing service based at the Centre for Digital Library Research. SLAINTE (Scottish libraries across the Internet) offers further information about librarianship and information management in Scotland.